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Password protection

I have used Password protection on a directory on my apache Linux server ( set through Cpanel frontend) website to stop robots accessing the directory. I want to include a hyperlink on the main page that includes the userid and password .

curious

Originally Posted by keithlaw

I have used Password protection on a directory on my apache Linux server ( set through Cpanel frontend) website to stop robots accessing the directory. I want to include a hyperlink on the main page that includes the userid and password .

Can any one help in telling me how to do this?

I'd like to know how to make a link with the password and userid also for another reason...

But, if all you are interested in doing is excluding robots why not just use
a robots.txt file, or a meta tag? e.g.
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">